ἀνθέλκω

anthelko

draw

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 2
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Book I 2
Chapter ?

644e3
644e6
Republic 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter ?

439b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνθέλκω, aor. inf. -ελκύσαι Herm. in Phdr.p.170A.:—A. draw or pull against, Th. 4.14; ἀ. ἀλλήλαις pull against one another, Pl. Lg. 644e; ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν draw it in a contrary direction, Id. R. 439b; φιλανθρώπως τινὰς ἀ. D.S. 30.8: metaph., of resistance of facts to suggested inference, εἰς τοὐναντίον μηδενὸς -κοντος Phld. Sign. 17, cf. 18; ἀ. τινὰ πρὸς αὑτὰς ἑκάστη Luc. Demon. 63:—Pass., Pl. Ax. 372, D.H. 3.30.

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